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Don't know what happened tHere. Anyway
Got the mpi diagnosis 2 weeks ago and have been dairy free eve since. I also cut out soy and I'm thinking about beef. She's had some relapses though and I can't figure out what it is. Poop is still mucousy though too. Some days she seems great and then other days she's not great but looking back on what I ate I can't find anything g wrong. How long after I eat something will it affet her? What else should I be cutting out? Or has it just not been long enough yet?

I noticed her doing better pretty quickly but then she has setbacks. Meaning she has a fussy day where she doesn't sleep well and is really gassy and the poops are really mucousy. On other days the poops aren't mucousy or just small amount of mucous. I can't figure out what is causing these setbacks. I am closely watching all labels so no hidden dairy issues.

I was in the same boat when I kept thinking back what I ate that caused my lo to have setbacks. He had good days and bad days for a month after my elimination, sometimes for no particular link to what I ate in the last couple days. Then most are good days when we hit 1 month - no more episoles. Poop was still mucousy for 1 1/2 - 2 months after, until I stopped noticing.

I'm on day 16 of dairy free soy free & in the same boat. I'm closely monitoring everything I eat and I'm positive I haven't slipped up, but he will have random good days and bad days (of crying) and I can find zero correlation from what I ate. I'm going to go til a month but dang it's driving me crazy!

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Our precious angel, Caetano Decio, was born May 7th, 2012!!! He is healthy and adorable, we are so blessed!!!

I'm in the same boat as you. DD2 will be doing okay, then we backtrack. I know I'm extremely careful about what I eat. DD1 was the same and I learned several things last time that may help you all. First, many times the ingredient called tocopherol (mixed, alpha, etc) can be a derivative of soy, so be extra careful with it. Unfortunately it's in most vitamins because it's the main source of vitamin E for many companies. Second, check your soaps and shampoos. They may also contain tocopherol. I had to change soaps because that was causing issues, especially when DD was teething and wanted to chew on my hands. Third, be careful with foods manufactured on the same equipment, including your own. I have to put aluminum foil down before I grill and I can't use my stonewear to cook with because they contain traces of dairy/soy/red meat. Lastly, make sure DH and everyone around you is diligent about washing their hands and their mouths before touching LO. If they ate something, then kissed LO, it could transfer some of the proteins.

Once we followed all these, DD1 was perfect. We're still struggling to get DD2 completely cleared up (had to take out egg too). We've been doing this since a week old and she's almost 6 months old.